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Matthew King's Resume

I am a software engineer with more than 19 years of professional experience and a proven track record. I have spent much of my career as a consultant and contractor, working with a group of companies across the mining industry and the vehicle safety / logistics field.

I have worked both as a solo contributor and as a member of a team - building web services, web UIs, desktop applications, databases, infrastructure, tooling, and open source libraries. Throughout my career, I have been an active participant in architectural design, product strategy, and hiring decisions. While much of my career has been as an on-site team member, I've been working full-time remote since 2017, and have successfully delivered many projects as a full-time remote worker.

I am passionate about C# and .NET. I maintain several open source projects on GitHub (https://github.com/matthewking) and have almost two million downloads on NuGet (https://nuget.org/profiles/matthewking). I also maintain a technical blog (https://mking.net)

Technical skills

My preferred technologies are: C#, .NET, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, SQL Server, SQLite, WinForms, Blazor, PowerShell, HTML, CSS, Tailwind, Vite, Azure, Git

I've also worked with: React, Vue, Svelte, JavaScript, TypeScript, MySQL, AWS, Mercurial, Java

I've done a lot of hardware integration over the years, having built software that interfaces with accelerometers, gyrometers, GPS, OBD-II, digital scales, duress alarms, magnetic susceptibility meters, and others. I have also been involved with the physical integration of that hardware, using CAD and 3D printing skills to design mounts, enclosures, and other integration points. I'm handy with a soldering iron.

Education

University of Western Australia

Bachelor of Engineering (Software Engineering) with Honours

2008

Professional experience

2023 - 2025 | Senior Software Engineer @ Valiant Software

Tech: C# / WinForms / ASP.NET Core / SQL Server / PostgreSQL / SQLite / React / Vue / Blazor / Azure

Ongoing consulting work with NimbleTechCo and PhatQi (formerly the development branch of Expedio) relating to maintenance and continued development on the Blank-it and OCRIS projects.
Developed an internal web app and other tools for Anura Pty Ltd to assist in the provision of their transport/logistics services.
Completed a migration from .NET Core 2.0 to .NET Core 8.0 for In Memoriam Group.
Developed a personal finance and budgeting app (Budget Smuggler) as a side project.

2015 - 2023 | Senior Software Engineer @ The Nimble Tech Co

Tech: C# / WinForms / ASP.NET Core / SQL Server / PostgreSQL / SQLite / React / Vue / Blazor / Azure

Lead engineer on the Blank-it project. Blank-it started as a simple screen-blanking solution for the mining industry, and I helped grow it into an entire suite of vehicle safety products comprising desktop apps, Android apps, web services, and hardware devices. Blank-it now has a global audience across the logistics, warehousing, and transportations industries.
Built and maintained several business-critical desktop applications (and their associated services) that form the core of NTC's mining product suite.
Built and maintained the API services that power many of NTC's products.
Built and maintained several web portals for various products (both internal and client-facing).
Led a small team that built a fleet management/tracking/analytics system that ingests hundreds of thousands of data points from IoT devices and provides business insights to fleet managers via a web portal.
Built several bespoke applications (web UI, web API, desktop app, IoT integration) for clients. These included a duress alarm for a roadside assistance company and a hazmat data collection system.
Developed internal tools, scripts, infrastructure, and workflows to increase staff productivity.

2009 - 2015 | Software Engineer @ Expedio

Tech: C# / WinForms / SQL Server / SQLite / ASP.NET / NancyFx / Azure / PowerShell

Designed and implemented the OCRIS Toolbox suite of data management tools, allowing Expedio to break their reliance on third-party solutions. This suite of tools eventually became a saleable product that Expedio built their consulting business around.
Took over the OCRIS Mobile v3 project which was behind schedule and projected to remain undelivered for 18-24 months. Delivered it successfully within 6 months.
Developed internal tools, scripts, infrastructure, and workflows to increase the productivity of the geological consultants, allowing Expedio to handle more billable client work with fewer staff members.

2008 - 2009 | Freelance Software Developer

Tech: C# / WinForms / PHP / MySQL

Designed and implemented photo management, geotagging, and mapping application for a hardware vendor to bundle with their digital cameras. This consisted of a Windows desktop app and an admin server.
Designed and implemented a bespoke static site generator for a design agency.
Ported an existing WinForms desktop application to Windows Mobile.

2006 - 2007 | Junior Software Developer @ St Arnaud Data Management

Tech: C# / WinForms

Created several internal tools to increase employee productivity, some of which were still in use 15 years later.
Built a number of features for the flagship data capture software.

Other career highlights

4.2 million downloads of my open source projects on NuGet.
Co-inventor of patent AU2012101663 relating to the innovative work I was doing in the field of vehicle motion detection.
The Blank-it project - on which I was the lead engineer - won the innovation category of the Australian Road Safety Awards.